Sweat pools on my body
But I know not of it
My mind lost in slumber
My eyes see only a deep,
dark crevasse
Of which I am falling
down
down
down
I land on the deck of a sailing ship
A storm rages over me
My brother? He flies in to rescue me
Below decks, he takes me
I lay amongst a thousand worms
Imbedded in their slime
The ship rocks with violent turns
I scream out in silence
Will no one save me?
I jolt awake profuse in sweat
looking at the darkness around me
Reeling in fright I contemplate the night
What is my mind saying to me?
Feb 25
Feb 25, 2026 at 7:38 PM UTC
Some are born
In paradise,
Some are born
With heads of lice
Some come home
To happy kin
Some are raised
In awful sin
Some wear clothes
With lace and bows
Some lack shoes
To cover toes
Some get tender
Kisses and hugs
Some bear scars
From parents on drugs
Some get jobs,
Six figures and more
Some grind and sweat
On a factory floor
Some marry for love
With a wedding dance
Some never know
True romance
Some grow fat
On bread and meat
Some bed down
With nothing to eat
Some grow old
With a full nest egg
Some sit on streets
only to beg
Some are remembered
By their begotten
Some barely known
And quickly forgotten
Feb 25
Feb 25, 2026 at 8:22 AM UTC
Do not hurry
To join the ranks
Of the rich and successful
For it is the journey
Not the destination
Of which your fondest memories will be made
The times of struggle
When you have little but laughter
And friendship
Is when you will find
The honest and genuine
Feb 24
Feb 24, 2026 at 12:17 PM UTC
Do you remember?
The first time we met,
My nerves so tense
I could never forget
Do you remember?
The nights so hot
My car's backseat
Teen love we thought
Do you remember?
Your dress so white
Our wedding so fine
The dance that night
Do you remember?
Little eyes so bright
The ***** diapers
The sleepless nights
Do you remember?
The concerts and plays
The games we went
The vacations away
Do you remember?
When the love ran cold
The quarrels and fights
Affections untold
Do you remember?
The bitterness
Resentment, disdain
The end of bliss
Do you remember?
All the court dates
The lawyers, the papers
Failed arbitrates
Do you remember?
The visitations
Our son so scared
Of the situations
Do you remember?
Our loneliness
Our separate homes
The emptiness
Do you remember?
How it went so wrong
And do you know
I've loved you all along
Feb 24
Feb 24, 2026 at 7:58 AM UTC
The excitement I remember, oh so well,
the story of which I do tell
A sea of chairs at the store
I sat upon a dozen or more
The perfect one, the perfect fit
As I slide into it,
Then home I went, satisfaction abound,
The perfect chair I had found.
The relief it gave my tired bones,
After work when I came home,
Like a comforting friend, always there for me,
No better chair this chair could be
The years passed, my early life,
then later, with my wife,
Many years, it held fast,
This chair was built to last
My wife and I, sat together,
Then son, then daughter, bathed in leather,
A dog, a cat, too many to hold
This chair part of my story be told
Then grandchildren, as they nap,
I lovingly held in my lap,
Rocking gently as they sleep,
My chair our comfort it did keep
As the years passed, my wife and I
Aged far beyond vigor and spry,
We sit together, huddled in bliss,
In my chair, with a kiss.
Now my chair- hauntingly quiet,
My wife now gone, no longer by it,
I sit alone, in memory,
Weeping together, my chair and me
Feb 24
Feb 24, 2026 at 7:30 AM UTC
In my quiet solitude,
I ponder things strange and skewed,
with my mind in quiet brood,
of the chaos I have viewed.
A world torn and full of hate,
Nations grappling at their fate,
People divisive, and, as of late,
the future I do contemplate.
Helpless though we often feel,
Some cry out, some just kneel,
I've found a way- I do reveal,
a method through which I appeal.
Very much to my surprise,
Through my writings I do surmise,
Comfort comes in disguise,
As poetry, I realize!
So though the world I cannot change,
Still amiss and often strange,
At least I know I can arrange,
Words in ways to ease the pain.
Feb 23
Feb 23, 2026 at 10:21 PM UTC